Dorcas Smucker
Author of Ordinary Days: Family Life In A Farmhouse
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Dorcas Smucker is a mother of six and a Mennonite minister's wife. She is the author of Ordinary Days: Family Life in a Farmhouse, Upstairs the Peasants Are Revolting: More Family Life in a Farmhouse, and Downstairs the Queen Is Knitting. In addition to blagging and speaking to various groups, show more Dorcas also writes a column, Letter from Harrisburg, for the Eugene, Oregon, Register-Guard. She resides in Harrisburg, Oregon. show less
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Review: Ordinary Days by Dorcas Smucker.
This is a non-fiction book about an ordinary Amish family’s day. Who could be more down to earth on Earth Day then the Amish. The father is this book was brought up in a small Amish community but strayed away when he got married but still followed some of the Amish traditions. He did become a minister, his family was religious but he modernized some of the rules that his parents followed. The book told the reader about how ordinary this family was show more and how they spent their time based on the mother’s point of view with humor, situations of stress, and the raising of children like any average family.
Dorcas Smucker, a mother of six children was married to Paul, a Mennonite minister. They live in a 95-year old farmhouse near Harrisburg, Oregon. Before that they moved around a lot and even stayed on an Indian reservation for four years educating the children who lived there. At the farmhouse her responsibilities were cooking, laundry, canning, sewing, and caring for her family. Plus, other small issue as they arose like pulling splinters, settling arguments, and mopping floors.
Her children were special to her. Matt, a lanky teenager who had a habit of poking her in the ribs to hear her shriek every time she was near him, Amy, a 12-year old beyond her years and who brings home a pile of books from the library every couple of days, Emily, a 10-year old just starting to learn cursive writing, Steven, a 10-year old boy they adopted from Kenya who was active and imaginative, Ben, a second grader who had the job of clearing the mousetraps everyday to earn a quarter towards his next Lego set, and last there is Jenny, a busy 2-year old toddler who had the habit of unrolling six yards of toilet paper and dumping cheerios on the floor. They all still had their everyday chores but not as harsh as some of their Amish relative’s children.
The book was written well and I enjoyed the pieces of humor throughout the book. Dorcas Smucker had wrote of some memories along the way that made the book more up-beat. It was like a collection of stories about their lives, telling of simple blessings and ordinary days. show less
This is a non-fiction book about an ordinary Amish family’s day. Who could be more down to earth on Earth Day then the Amish. The father is this book was brought up in a small Amish community but strayed away when he got married but still followed some of the Amish traditions. He did become a minister, his family was religious but he modernized some of the rules that his parents followed. The book told the reader about how ordinary this family was show more and how they spent their time based on the mother’s point of view with humor, situations of stress, and the raising of children like any average family.
Dorcas Smucker, a mother of six children was married to Paul, a Mennonite minister. They live in a 95-year old farmhouse near Harrisburg, Oregon. Before that they moved around a lot and even stayed on an Indian reservation for four years educating the children who lived there. At the farmhouse her responsibilities were cooking, laundry, canning, sewing, and caring for her family. Plus, other small issue as they arose like pulling splinters, settling arguments, and mopping floors.
Her children were special to her. Matt, a lanky teenager who had a habit of poking her in the ribs to hear her shriek every time she was near him, Amy, a 12-year old beyond her years and who brings home a pile of books from the library every couple of days, Emily, a 10-year old just starting to learn cursive writing, Steven, a 10-year old boy they adopted from Kenya who was active and imaginative, Ben, a second grader who had the job of clearing the mousetraps everyday to earn a quarter towards his next Lego set, and last there is Jenny, a busy 2-year old toddler who had the habit of unrolling six yards of toilet paper and dumping cheerios on the floor. They all still had their everyday chores but not as harsh as some of their Amish relative’s children.
The book was written well and I enjoyed the pieces of humor throughout the book. Dorcas Smucker had wrote of some memories along the way that made the book more up-beat. It was like a collection of stories about their lives, telling of simple blessings and ordinary days. show less
Heart-warming true stories about the life of a Mennonite family. The book (the first of three to date) is a collection of articles that Dorcas Smucker writes for the Register Guard newspaper in Eugene, Oregon.
Her stories are told with humor and insight, encouraging readers to love their families, seek God, and appreciate the beauty, simplicity and adventure found in everyday life.
One of my all-time favorite reads!
Her stories are told with humor and insight, encouraging readers to love their families, seek God, and appreciate the beauty, simplicity and adventure found in everyday life.
One of my all-time favorite reads!
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